Thread: The map has changed around here

Hello Mick, welcome back to SRP.

Ya, I was reading about whips, the now resurrected thread, had to drop an ole Aussie friend a line to see if he was still kickin...

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

How ya goin' then, mate? Good to see you back. My wife and I spent a lot of time around "Brizzy" last summer. It's a beautiful city full of beautiful people. We hope to come back soon, as my wife's best friend lives in Holland Park.

edit: Yeah, I like your bird too. I've never seen such an astonishing array of bird life as we did all over the East Coast of Aussie. We once flew into and through a flock of hundreds of white-crested cockatoos riding a ways out in the bush a bit.

I will have to PM you my contact details for your next trip. We'll be moving soon, but I daresay we'll still be on the Nth side of Briz Vegas. I would reckon those Cockys would have been Sulphur Crested. They seem to be the most common for that family of Cockatoo around the SE corner of QLD.

That bird of mine is an illegal immigrant. She's an Indian Ring Neck Parrot (parrokeet in some circles). She'd obviously been someone's pet, as her wings were clipped when I collected her from her low perch in the palm in my front yard. My local vet couldn't locate an owner after a week or two and got back in contact with me regards re-homing. Given the other option that was her alternative, she became a part of my family...Well I became her family and all other bi-pedals had better damn well back pedal when she's out of her cage and spending time with me.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Don't be a stranger.

We'll look forward to your posts.

I'm as strange as they come mate.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Glad to have ya back in the flock. I too am a bird guy but mines not noisey a Dove. Easier to ignore. Ha.

If I can't ignore the bird, I put her out on the front veranda and shut the door. That way I don't have to listen to her BS and my neighbours see what a big SOB I am. . I was never a bird person to begin with, but I've learnt to appreciate their quirky personalities, and in this birds case at least, their loving nature. Though as I said above, her love extends solely to me. Everyone else is target practice...Except the wife. She is to be feared. I suspect the bird was mistreated by a woman with a broom previously. Based on observation of the birds reactions in various situations.

Originally Posted by BobH

Good to hear from you again. Do make a habit of it.

Bob

Not going to make any promises there mate. Life has a habit of stealing away my free time.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

G'day Mick. All ya need is a cat now to crazy things up a little

I would put my money on the bird. She's a mean little sod, but not mean without intelligence, so probably more cunning, like the proverbial sh-ouse rat.


As I said, above, this interloper into the family crash landed in our lives. She ended up with her name as the last one from a list of choices, being drawn from the hat. My youngest child is most impressed as she has named the bird George. I preferred Rincewind myself, but alas it wasn't to be. George doesn't talk. Female IRN's aren't known to get into that much. Mostly the male of the species will talk. However, she mimics whistles and other sounds, and she has her own call, reserved solely for checking on where I am. Other sounds and motions are used to let me know various things. Sometimes it's just a sound and movement for hello, or I want your attention. Other sounds and motions for 'let me out of this damn cage' and 'give me some damn fruit' etc. So in the space of a year, this bird has me trained really well.
When she first landed, I had just got back from a pushbike ride, and was having a coffee on the veranda when I heard a rough crashing into the palm tree. I looked over and saw this green bird and thought I'd take a photo. I noticed she was even less perturbed than most Australian native animals, by my movements. Most native animals will let you get right up on top of them. All the better to attack, bite, poison or envenom you in some way I suppose. Anyway, I reckoned I could get closer, and I figured I would see if I could catch her, thinking she could be a lost pet. This proved to be so, and though she took umbrage at me trying to put my hands on her, she didn't really bite that hard. I saw her wings were clipped, and so, took her down to the local vet to do what they could. I don't think she could have flown too great a distance from her original owner. No owners came forward or were found, and I didn't want the bird, but the given alternative for a potentially invasive pest species, and the fact that my neighbours offered me a large birdcage and stand for free, I took her in.

Originally Posted by PaulKidd

G'day mate!

How is it all going Paul? You might not have noticed, since you weren't the instigator of your being on it, but I'm not on FB any longer. I decided I was over the whole social media thing and deleted my account. The best way to get a hold of me is still email though. I'm usually pretty prompt on my replies.


Mick

Beautiful bird. I like birds, but never wanted to own one. Nearly every time we take holiday to our usual place in Florida, I visit this Macaw rescue shelter. It has probably 100 various Macaws and another 100 various other larg exotics. Cool place to me for sure. Google "Uncle Sandy's Macaw Park". They also have an active Facebook page.


https://www.facebook.com/Uncle-Sandy...4162897970793/

Welcome back!!! Seems life has a way of stealing free time from everyone, even across the pond.

Good on you for rescuing the bird, they can be a handful that's for sure

Originally Posted by MickR

How is it all going Paul? You might not have noticed, since you weren't the instigator of your being on it, but I'm not on FB any longer. I decided I was over the whole social media thing and deleted my account. The best way to get a hold of me is still email though. I'm usually pretty prompt on my replies.


Mick

Hey Mick....No social media for me, either. I'll get an email off to you soon.

All is well. Good to hear from you.

Paul

PS: When I was a kid, my sister had a parakeet, and it drove us all nuts!
Congrats on the bonding, Birdman!